A South Florida man who invited two other men over to have sex with him as Hurricane Irma pummeled the state, was killed by one of them, police said.
Ariel Fleitas Gonzalez, 50, was murdered on Sept. 10 in his Hollywood FL. home after inviting the duo to have sex with him- one of whom has been arrested, while the other is still being sought by cops, according to the police report.
Three days after the killing, a friend concerned she hadn’t seen Gonzalez since before the Category Four storm, called police to the Chatham Terrace apartments which were still without power, because she smelled something foul wafting from his apartment.
Blood splatter and drag marks led officers to a closet, where they found the victim’s body decomposing and wrapped in a comforter and shrink wrap, with only the top of his battered head showing.
Neighbors said they saw two men, one who wore a long blond wig, coming in and out of Gonzalez’s apartment the day of the killing, and identified the other as Travis Emanuel Watson, who police say is homeless.
Detectives also identified the man in the wig, but asked that his name not be released until he is in custody.
Watson, 30, told detectives the consensual sexual encounter between him, a man who called himself his husband and the victim turned into a robbery when he punched Gonzalez in the face, demanded money and stole his wallet.
His partner had also grown jealous during the encounter and angrily accused Watson of cheating, he said.
Watson’s partner then “tortured,” Gonzalez, beating him to death with a hanger, broomstick and power cord and binding his hands behind his back with a sheet, and later a belt. Watson said he tried to stop the assault once his partner poured hot grease on the victim.
“Stop, stop you are going to kill the man, you’re trippin’,” Watson reportedly said to his partner, who replied: “I know what I’m doing, I got this.”
The two men realized Gonzalez was dead when they saw his tongue was purple and tried to wash away the evidence and conceal the body, before leaving the apartment two days later, Watson said.
He was arrested in Fort Lauderdale days later for suspicion of possessing marijuana and holding an open container of alcohol, and detectives discovered a card with Gonzalez’s name in his wallet.
Hollywood detectives then also arrested him for suspicion of committing robbery without a weapon, kidnapping to commit or facilitate the robbery and not reporting Gonzalez’s death.
Judge Michael Davis ordered Watson held without bond on the kidnapping charge at a Sept. 28 hearing, the Sun Sentinel reported.
Enhanced charges may be added following the medical examiner’s final ruling.
He was released from state prison on June 1 after a 2004 conviction for grand theft of a firearm, armed robbery and other offenses, according to Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder.
His partner is still being sought by Hollywood police.
Source: nypost.com
